Mr. Trump, please release your returns. I have so much to learn I really wish he would release his tax returns. I learned a number of tricks from Romney’s returns that has saved me money. I am sure I would find additional methods from Trump’s. I am pretty sure he pays no taxes and … Continue reading
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Finally I am being listened to: got an Amazon Echo
I just got an Amazon Echo. It is both amazing and frustrating experience. The amazing part is how quick response when it actually knows the answer. It is like talking to a person. The frustrating part is that it doesn’t know the answer to many questions. Unexpected Device I think up until now, all … Continue reading
Intel: How a vein of gold turns into a big hole
Selling Silicon By the Ton When I joined Intel in 1984, it was primarily a semiconductor memory chip company. I use to joke that it sold silicon by the ton, but that was true. Then, the memory business was under attack by the Japanese because it was a commodity, and the Japanese were just … Continue reading
Do VC’s Add Value in Addition to Money
Not a Fan of Venture Capitalist While I am a fan of venture capital, I don’t think much of Venture Capitalists. This may sound strange from the person that was a co-founder of what was one of the largest and most successful venture capital organizations – Intel Capital. I never thought of myself as a … Continue reading
The Andy Grove I knew
Yesterday, Andy Grove died. Frankly, I am still processing that. I first met Andy in 1982 at the PC Forum. Andy was 46 and I was 37. The next time I met him was in 1984 when I was interviewing for a position at Intel. I would be reporting to Les Vadasz, who, like Andy, … Continue reading
Intel starts to be irrelevant?
My buddy, Robert X. Cringely predicts that Intel will start to be irrelevant. I predicted that in 1999 when I walked out of the door in 1999. It started a few years earlier when Andy Grove stepped aside as CEO and appointed Craig Barrett CEO. I didn’t think that Barrett had a strategic bone in … Continue reading
QSBS Permanent: The end of year madness is no more.
I am always surprised that many sophisticated investors do not know about QSBS. Since 2009, there has been a 100% exclusion of all capital gains on the first $10 million of gain or 10 times the investment up to $50 million dollars, whatever is larger. This was put in to stimulate investments in early stage/small … Continue reading
The Apple Watch, the most anticipated ho-hum product ever launched
I promised a number of you that I would give my impressions of the Apple Watch. Frankly, I don’t have a lot to say, which in some strange way, is saying a lot. I have numbered the various capabilities on a scale from 1-10, but bottom line, unless you have an extra $500 or so … Continue reading
34 years of not Becoming Steve Jobs
Here I go again, writing about Steve Jobs. For the last 34 years, Steve Jobs played a role in my life, although not one of which he was particularly aware. This post is not really a review of the book “Becoming Steve Jobs”. Rather it is a discussion of my interaction/reaction with Jobs either directly … Continue reading
Previewing Avram TV: various interviews and more
I have decided to create a website where some various video and audio interviews, I have done, can be seen/heard. I am very lucky to have some of these interviews to share. Below is a preview of one such video. It was done by my good friend Bob Cringely author of I, Cringley, one of … Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 